Maybury and silver surge shape Detroit and Ohio results
Detroit voters elect William C. Maybury a Democrat as mayor over Capt. Albert Stewart. The article details police justice outcomes, Tingree’s defeat implications, and nearby city races with Free Silver gains and GOP setbacks. In Cincinnati Gustav Tafel wins mayor as Cox faction loses ground amid national silver sentiment shifts.
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Detroit
Mich
William C. Maybury
Albert I. Stewart
Maybury
John Miller
Albert J. Sediers
Gov
Tingree
Capt
Stewart
Supreme Court
George L. Yaple
Charles D. Lawton
Willian J. Cocker
Regents
University of Michigan
Republican ticket holds control in multiple cities
The report details city elections with Republicans and Democrats winning various offices. Toledo and Canton show mixed outcomes with Jones and Rice re-elected in Democratic wins, while Springfield and Dubuque reflect Democrat gains and independents in Dubuque. Overall, turnout was lighter than last fall but near spring averages.
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Lansing
Davis
Bey City
McEwen
Justice Long
Jackson
Silver
Loennecker
Silverite
Grand Rapids
Judge Yaple
Fenton Harbor
Saginaw
Kerr
Marquette
J. IX. Sherman
Citizens
Alfred Desjardins
People’s
Ishpeming
Labor
Joseph
Silver City
Manistee
Smurthwaite
Manistee County
Muskegon
A. F. Temple
Pyke
Stevenberg
Battle Creek
Dr. Metcalf
Yaple
McKinley
Niles
E. W. Richter
Supreme Justice
Mensminee
William Holmes
Pranklin H. Brown
Thomas Breen
Sault Ste. Marie
Hamilton—Busch
Toledo
Samuel M. Jones
Jones
Canton
Rice
Columbus
Samuel L. Black
Emmett Tompkins
Springfeld
Bushnell
John M. Good
Keokuk
Dubuque
T. T. Duffy
L. M. Langstaff
Elenry Griffke
T. H. Duffy
Globe Savings Bank Fails in Chicago
The Globe savings bank, organized in 1891 with eastern capital and tied to the Chicago Title and Trust, fails with liabilities listed at 600000. Depositors and checking account holders are owed substantial sums while stockholders face a 5 percent assessment and contest it. Ex Gov Altgeld helped establish the bank and served as first vice president. funds previously withdrawn from state offices weakened its position.
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Chicago
Globe Savings Bank
Chicago Title and Trust Company
John P. Altgeld
Globe National Bank
Northwestern National Bank
Gov. Altgeld
Ilinois & Michigan Canal
State Grain Inspector's Office
Illinois State Home
University of Iinois
Spaulding
University of Illinois
State Home Management
McKinley Faces Fatigue From Unrested Public Calls
Washington April 6 The public reception at the White House drew over 2 000 visitors as Mr McKinley stood in line forty minutes. He plans a brief rest with Mrs McKinley and aides and may alter the schedule to ease fatigue after five weeks of continuous audiences totaling about eighteen thousand.
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Washington
White House
McKinley
Saxton
Porter
McWinley
Aldrich Arrested for Embezzling Railroad Funds in Kansas City
J H Aldrich once cashing clerk for the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis railroad was arrested in his lawyer's office on a charge of embezzling about 27000 dollars. He pledges guilty and seeks mercy, saying the loss spans eight years and may rise as auditors review books. His home is mortgaged and bail is unlikely.
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Kansas City
J. H. Aldrich
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad
Lhe
Aldrich
Eight Hour Movement Gains Ground Among Cleveland Contractors
In Cleveland on April 6 the eight hour workday demand from 23 unions representing 19 crafts found broad contractor support. Only six contractors reportedly resisted. Painters face friction as they pursue higher wages alongside the eight hour goal.
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Cleveland
Dingley tariff bill passes House in extraordinary session
The Fifty-fifth Congress approves the Dingley tariff with a 205 to 122 vote and few present. Speaker Reed calls the roll as the bill ends nine days of debate, adjournment follows, and a new section fixes duties for imported goods after April 1 1897 with a broad lien and enforcement provisions.
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Washington
McKinley
Fifty-fifth Congress
House of Representatives
Reed—yeas
Messrs. Roussard, Dovey
Meyer
Louisiana
Kleberg and Slayden
Texas
Seoward
Alabama
Reed
Messrs
Baker
Ofllinois
Marshall
Simpson
Todd
BLL
Bailey
Dockery
Dem. Mo
United States
House
Secretary Sherman Demands Mercy for Cuban Leader Rivera
Secretary Sherman protested Spain to spare Gen. Ruis Rivera of Pinar del Rio, wounded and captured, likely to be tried by court martial and shot within 48 hours. President McKinley and Sherman urged the Spanish minister to halt execution of prisoners of war, citing American abhorrence of such murder in civilized warfare.
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Sherman
Spain
Washington
Ruis Rivera
Pinar del Rio
Rivera
Navana
McWinley
Senor de Lowe
Cambridge Springs Fire Destroys Stocks and Dwellings
Thirty business houses and about a dozen homes burned at Cambridge Springs on Thursday afternoon causing one death and 225000 dollars in damage. An explosion toppled Fellows and Mays store walls burying Hon. W A Hays who died. others were injured lightly. Hays was a former Erie county legislator. Insurance is estimated at 125000 dollars.
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Erie
Cambridge Springs
Fellows & Mays
W. A. Hays
Hays
Erie County
Homicide Suspected in Farm Wife Slaying Near Columbus
The body of Mrs. John Miller, a farmer's wife in eastern county, was found in a barn Tuesday morning with hands tied and head hacked by an axe. The hired man Frank Miller, a tramp hired last September, is suspected of assault and murder as he is missing. County authorities investigate the case.
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Columbus
John Miller
Frank Miller
Crete insurgents attack Crete as ships shell positions
Insurgents seize a hill south of Suda Bay on Tuesday evening and are shelled by British, Austrian, and Russian warships. By daybreak they are driven from ground, renew assaults, with heavy cannonade continuing for hours. Three Turks killed, five wounded. International troops occupy Izzedin after fighting.
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Canea
Crete
Suda Bay
London
The
Daily News
Said Pasha
Council of State
Alexander Sratheedri Pasha
Greece
Russia
Anatolia
Porte
Turkey
Central News
Athens
Spinalonga
Izzedin
Greece Declares Blockade Then War With Turkey
The Times correspondent reports King George of Greece has decided that a blockade of the Greek coast will be followed by a declaration of war against Turkey. International powers assent to the blockade of the gulf of Athens, with Admirals to decide timing and fleet buildup delaying immediate action. Greeks may cross into Macedonia if the step proceeds. Constantinople says powers will negotiate Turkish troop withdrawal from Crete.
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London
Vienna
The
Times
George
Greece
Turkey
Gulf of Athens
International
Cretan
Thessaly
Macedonia
Constantinople
Porte
Crete
Pardon Refusal Clouds Dunlop Case and Treasury Reads
Washington reports indicate President McKinley declined to pardon Joseph R. Dunlop publisher of the Chicago Dispatch. The pardon denial affects an execution order, while Dunlop contests contradictory reports about clemency. Separately, Treasury data for March shows a deficit drop and a March surplus of 8.7 million, aided by Dingley tariff effects and inbound shipments.
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Chicago
Washington
3fcKinley
Joseph R. Dunlop
The
Chicago Dispatch
John C. Black
Ma. Dunlop
Garland
United States
Messinley
Cabinet weighs rescinding Cleveland forest order
Washington April 3 The cabinet met for under two hours on Friday and discussed reversing President Cleveland's 21 western forest reservations. The plan calls for the national forestry commission to come to Washington to review their work with the president. The consensus was that Cleveland's proclamation was too broad.
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Washington
Cleveland
National Forestry, Commission
Justice Field to Retire From Supreme Court
Associate Justice Stephen J. Field plans to retire July 1 prompting talk of Attorney General McKenna as his successor. If true, the Justice Department vacancy would be available to John J. McCook of New York per prevailing chatter.
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Justice Field
Washington
Stephen J. Field
United States Supreme Court
McKenna
Department of Justice
John J. McCook
New York
Floods and storms sweep central United States in April
Reports from New Orleans to Laramie describe multiple river breaks and rising floods. Levees fail or strain along the Louisiana riverfront near Thibodaux and Greenville, Mississippi, with towns evacuated and homes submerged. News from St Paul Minneapolis Aberdeen St Louis and Laramie notes record highs water, drowned and missing, and heavy snow disrupting life across the region.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Bayou la Fourcche
Thibodaux
Jackson
Miss
Greenville
Trelena
Ark
Indian Bay
Monroe County
White River
Botton St. Louis
Cairo
Ill
Scripps-McRae Press Association
New Madrid
Missouri
Bolivar
Washington
Sharkey
Issaquena
St. Paul
Minn
Mississippi
Minneapolis
West St. Paul
Aberdeen
Golden Rule
Western Union Telegraph Office
Westport
St. Louis
River Forest
Des Peres
George W. Tate
Benton
Nettie
Laramie
Wyo
Medicine Gow
Pine Bluffs
Sherman
Tariff Debate Deepens Over Dingley Bill Provisions
Washington March 30 The House Ways and Means committee sent the Dingley tariff bill to the floor with about 26 amendments including free books charts and maps for science education. Supporters argued for free hides to aid farmers while opponents warned high duties would hurt cattle and lumber sectors. The bill passed a final roll call 205 to 122 with 21 present and not voting. April 1 as the start date was approved.
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Washington
Cannon
Rep
Bell
Pup
Dingley
White House
Hepburn
Jana
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
West
Buckner
Mich
Lenta
House
East
Grosvenor
Bailey
Dockery
Dem
Congress
Richardson
Tenn
Supreme Court
Fuller
Nelkinsey
Wilson
Alien
Miss
White
N. C
McMillin
Ways and Means
Sherman
Aves
Eskimo Winter Poker Game Delights Journal Readers
In a New York Journal note a man leaves his wife for a secret winter outing at the club. He joins friends who have hauled pemmican, whale blubber, and sperm candles for a six week poker session, illustrating Eskimo winter life.
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WN. Y. Journal
A Theological Distinction in Town Topics
Dialogue notes a sister asking if Ned will attend church and a brother clarifying he will visit a place of worship. The sister hints at calling on Carrie Bendley, prompting the brother to call her clever and wish good luck.
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Ned
Carrie Bendley
Nominations Sent for Ambassadors and Officials
The president sent to the senate nominations including Andrew D. White as ambassador to Germany and William S. Draper as ambassador to Italy. Chandler Nate to Rome as secretary of the embassy, Samuel L. Gracey to Fuchan China, Anson Burlingame Johnson to Amoy China, Benjamin Butterworth as commissioner of patents, and Oliver L. Spalding with William B. Nowell named as assistant secretaries of the treasury.
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Washington
Senate
Andrew D. White
New York
Germany
William S. Draper
Massachusetts
Italy
Chandler Nate
Maine
Rome
Samuel L. Gracey
Fuchan
China
Anson Burlingame Johnson
Colorado
Amoy
Benjamin Butterworth
Ohio
Oliver L. Spalding
Michigan
William B. Nowell
New Jersey
Treasury
A Plenty Needed. Perry Patettic In Dialog
A brief comic exchange discusses a bath and a humorous unit of measure. Wayne Watson and Perry Patettic riff on necessity and whim as a playful local quip from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Perry Patettic
Waynorn Watson
An Ocedan
Cincinnati Enquirer
President to attend grant memorial dedication trip
President will travel to New York for the dedication at Riverside park with a special train likely leaving April 27. The cabinet foreign ambassadors and many senators and representatives will join the party, barring illness.
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Washington
New York
Grant
Riverside Park
Diplomatic Corps
Senate
House
London art progress exhibit and notable acquisitions
London plans an exhibit at the Guildhall tracing art under Queen Victoria. Henri Gervex receives the cross of St. Anne second class and works on a coronation panorama. Sir John Miller’s Yeoman of the Guard is given to the National Gallery by his half sister, Coventry Patmore portrait gifted by the poet’s widow. Sir John Millais and Sir Frederick Leighton houses fail to sell or gain acceptance.
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London
Guildhall
the Progress of Art
Henri Gervex
Sir John Miller
Yeoman of
National Gallery
Sargent
Coventry Patmore
National Portrait Gallery
John Millais
Sir Frederick Leighton
Floods and levee drive prompt state action in the South
Gov. Foster urges unified effort to shore up the levee system as Mississippi Valley floods threaten crops and communities. Memphis relieves flood victims across Arkansas and Mississippi while Minnesota and North Dakota report rising rivers and evacuations as crevasses expand and floodwaters advance.
Anti-Scalping Bill Introduced by Senator Cullom
Senator Cul lom introduced an anti scalping bill in Washington on April 6. The measure follows the interstate commerce committee’s report from the last congress.
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Washington
Cullom
Interstate Commerce Committee
Bethlehem ships 24 cannons to Sandy Hook for U S government
The Bethlehem Iron company in Bethlehem New Jersey reports a shipment to Sandy Hook New Jersey for the United States government. It includes 24 cannons loaded on 24 flat cars and mostly eight and ten inch guns, finished and ready for mounting.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Iron Company
United States
Sandy Hook
N. J
Prince of Wales sells Britannia yacht to James Gordon Bennett
London observers report on April 6 that the famous racing yacht Britannia owned by the Prince of Wales has been sold to James Gordon Bennett proprietor of the New York Herald.
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London
The
Exchange Telegraph Company
Prince of Wales
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
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Goodale
Cox
Bryan
John R. McLean
McLean
Farley
McKisson
Globe Savings Institution
Bingle
Committee On Ways and Means
Rep. O
Equity
Secretary of the Treasury
Dunlop
Treasury Department
Statia
Honer
Dixie
Foster
America
Atute
Mississippi Valley
Baton Rouge
Weather Bureau
Memphis
Mississippi Delta
Helena
Flower Lake
Tunica
Delta
Arkansas City
Arkansas
Relief Committee
Memphis Relief Committee
Ben F. Price
Citizens’ Relief Committee
St Paul
South St. Paul
Lyons
Red Lake
Crookston
Fisher
Bismarck
Mandan
Northern Pacific
Iowa
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Marek G
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